Description:
Welcome to our daily warm-up routine! No matter your voice type, these exercises are adaptable for everyone. We'll focus on improving your technique and expanding your vocal range with daily practice.
Lesson Plan Summary:
- Introduction: Learn the basics of staccato, support momentum, and daily riffing exercises.
- Part 1: Staccato Exercises: Enhance accuracy and vocal support with staccato drills.
- Part 2: Support Momentum: Practice exercises that involve quick direction changes to build breath support.
- Part 3: Daily Riffing: Combine skills to master increasingly complex riffs.
- Advanced Routine: Challenge yourself with a high-speed warm-up when you're ready.
Short Daily Warmup:
- Breath Pulsing on TS (1/4 notes then 1/8 notes)
- 1-note Staccato Exercise
- Siren Slide
Let's get started and elevate your vocal agility together!
Lessons:
- 1: Welcome
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2:
Staccato Exercises
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3:
Changing Direction
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4:
Riffing Exercises
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5:
Conclusion
Instructor: Abram Poliakoff
Abram Poliakoff is a singer, guitarist, pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer. He received a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts from USC’s Thornton School of Music and has been teaching music for 8 years. He is currently both the Associate Artistic Director and a tenor in the L.A. Choral Lab, which recently released its first studio album Sonic Visions in the fall of 2019. Abram teaches and performs a wide range of genres including Classical, Jazz, Folk and Popular music in the Los Angeles area. He has also sung with the San Francisco Opera and Pocket Opera in the Bay Area. His teaching mission is to help his students utilize vocal technique to find their authentic and healthy voice while maximizing genre flexibility and a naturalness of expression.